[Info-vax] systemd (was Re: openvms and xterm)

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/20/2024 10:04 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 20:46:54 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> To illustrate the point and somewhat move back to VMS let me confess
>> something: I really like SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM to manage what
>> get started on VMS.
> 
> That’s the equivalent of the old /etc/rc.local, that some distros (and I
> think also BSDs) still support. OK for a small handful of services, but it
> doesn’t scale.

It does not scale.

But it should not need to scale.

You should not run that many services on a single system.

>> A simple text file that after a little cleanup typical will be only
>> 20-50 lines. Easy to understand. Easy to edit.
> 
> Not so easy to selectively add/remove, enable/disable or start/stop
> individual services.

add/enable : put $ @sys$startup:something$startup in that file
remove/disable : change to $! @...
start : @sys$startup:something$startup
stop : @sys$startup:something$shutdown

Simple!

Arne